Governance - Sweeney stands down - for now

[srru86]

Star Ledger
Sweeney drops ultimatum he made to Rutgers boards: The Auditor

 

[derleider]

Originally posted by srru86:
Star Ledger
Sweeney drops ultimatum he made to Rutgers boards: The Auditor

Duh. He thought he could use public pressure to bully us into conceding something we didnt need to concede and frankly, the only people who really cared were RU alums/students/employees, who took the exact opposite stance.

 

[retired711]

I understand that Rutgers has conceded that 59 trustees is too many.

 

[srru86]

Originally posted by camdenlawprof:
I understand that Rutgers has conceded that 59 trustees is too many.

Correct. I agree that is an unwieldy number. As long as the balance of trustee vs. political appointment on the BOG remains the same as outlined in the compact the exact number of Trustees is not that important, but less is probably better.

Star Ledger
Rutgers concedes 59 trustees are too many, in overhaul of its governing boards

 

[retired711]

Judging from this Philadelphia Inquirer story, Sweeney has just about given up in exchange for a change in size that Rutgers may well have wanted anyway. Note that one way of making the reduction was to reduce the number of members of the Board of Governors on the Board of Trustees, thus, ironically enough, giving the Board of Trustees more independence. If this story is right, then Sweeney has become convinced that Rutgers is not a good political issue for him.

Rutgers cuts size of trustees board

 

[derleider]

Originally posted by camdenlawprof:
Judging from this Philadelphia Inquirer story, Sweeney has just about given up in exchange for a change in size that Rutgers may well have wanted anyway. Note that one way of making the reduction was to reduce the number of members of the Board of Governors on the Board of Trustees, thus, ironically enough, giving the Board of Trustees more independence. If this story is right, then Sweeney has become convinced that Rutgers is not a good political issue for him.

That should have been apparent a long time ago - people in NJ dont really care about Rutgers one way or another.

But thats probably why Sweeney is languishing in the State Senate as Norcross' lackey instead of getting to a higher office.

 

[retired711]

Originally posted by derleider:

Originally posted by camdenlawprof:
Judging from this Philadelphia Inquirer story, Sweeney has just about given up in exchange for a change in size that Rutgers may well have wanted anyway. Note that one way of making the reduction was to reduce the number of members of the Board of Governors on the Board of Trustees, thus, ironically enough, giving the Board of Trustees more independence. If this story is right, then Sweeney has become convinced that Rutgers is not a good political issue for him.

That should have been apparent a long time ago - people in NJ dont really care about Rutgers one way or another.

But thats probably why Sweeney is languishing in the State Senate as Norcross' lackey instead of getting to a higher office.

Sweeney apparently is still flirting with the idea of running for governor in 2017.

 

[srru86]

Originally posted by camdenlawprof:

Sweeney apparently is still flirting with the idea of running for governor in 2017.

I think it is less flirting, while not married to the idea, it is more like going steady, and shopping for rings.

I also presume the fact that two Norcorss allies have recently been nominated to the BOG goes a long way toward Sweeney thinking he and his boss can get want they want by working from the inside. Both nominees are RU alums so we will see what side their allegiances fall.

 

[srru86]

Star Ledger
Sen. Sweeney and Rutgers finally play nice: Editorial

 

[TonyLieske]

Originally posted by srru86:
Star Ledger
Sen. Sweeney and Rutgers finally play nice: Editorial

Jebus, what a bad premise.

"For years, Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Rutgers entertained themselves by whacking away at each other, with the state Senate president trying to dissolve the board of trustees, and the university telling him that he has a better chance of turning College Ave Gym into a casino."

How the heck is defending itself from political interference "whacking away" at someone?

Otherwise I kind of agree that it is good if this "fight" is behind us and, in general, Rutgers got the result that was in their best interest (and is the one they wanted).

 

[srru86]

Originally posted by TonyLieske:

Originally posted by srru86:
Star Ledger
Sen. Sweeney and Rutgers finally play nice: Editorial

Jebus, what a bad premise.

"For years, Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Rutgers entertained themselves by whacking away at each other, with the state Senate president trying to dissolve the board of trustees, and the university telling him that he has a better chance of turning College Ave Gym into a casino."

Yes, perfect example of "on the other hand" journalism reporting both sides viewpoint without any consideration or analysis of how grounded in reality any of the opinions might actually be.

I was just thankful they held the obligatory athletics dig until the end of the item. Shows how jaded I've become.

 

[e5fdny]

Originally posted by srru86:

Originally posted by TonyLieske:

Originally posted by srru86:
Star Ledger
Sen. Sweeney and Rutgers finally play nice: Editorial

Jebus, what a bad premise.

"For years, Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Rutgers entertained themselves by whacking away at each other, with the state Senate president trying to dissolve the board of trustees, and the university telling him that he has a better chance of turning College Ave Gym into a casino."

Yes, perfect example of "on the other hand" journalism reporting both sides viewpoint without any consideration or analysis of how grounded in reality any of the opinions might actually be.

I was just thankful they held the obligatory athletics dig until the end of the item. Shows how jaded I've become.

As derleider said a few posts up, this if anything is the only part the average person from NJ "knows" (if they even care at all) or think they know about Rutgers.

Sometimes it seems like we're the only town criers out there when it comes to educating others about the good stuff happening at Rutgers.

 

[BoroKnight]

Originally posted by e5fdny:

Originally posted by srru86:

Originally posted by TonyLieske:

Originally posted by srru86:
Star Ledger
Sen. Sweeney and Rutgers finally play nice: Editorial

Jebus, what a bad premise.

"For years, Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Rutgers entertained themselves by whacking away at each other, with the state Senate president trying to dissolve the board of trustees, and the university telling him that he has a better chance of turning College Ave Gym into a casino."

Yes, perfect example of "on the other hand" journalism reporting both sides viewpoint without any consideration or analysis of how grounded in reality any of the opinions might actually be.

I was just thankful they held the obligatory athletics dig until the end of the item. Shows how jaded I've become.

As derleider said a few posts up, this if anything is the only part the average person from NJ "knows" (if they even care at all) or think they know about Rutgers.

Sometimes it seems like we're the only town criers out there when it comes to educating others about the good stuff happening at Rutgers.

This is one of the "big lies." Being "objective" requires both sides to appear to be treated equally. Uh, no. Not in an editorial, people. You get to pick which side makes more sense.

They did call Sweeney's move "shameless" and made it pretty clear it was wrong-headed even if the central point was not entirely wrong. So I give them credit for that.

 

[srru86]

Record of North Jersey
Legislature OKs changes for 2 Rutgers boards

 

[srru86]

Record
Bill signed to streamline Rutgers governing bodies